Re: MMC's again

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: MMC's again
From: "BunnyKiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 21:28:01 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "William Woods" <wwoods-at-mail.wsu.edu>
>
> Hi again,
>
>     If over heating is a problem for these small caps (panasonic .056uF
> 1600v DC??), and I like the .056uF value, couldn't I just string about
> 48 of them in series?  This would give me a huge voltage rating
> (76800v), but that's not what I'm looking for right?  This would spread
> my 15kV 30mA over a large number of caps keeping them much more cool
> correct?  I'm just looking for people who could maybe verify my idea as
> something that would work.  This sounds pretty good to me.  What do you
> more experienced MMC people think about this?  Thanks for any comments!
> -Bill

HI Bill...

if you run 48 of the .056uF caps all in series you will end up with 76800V
-at- .0016uF    a bit low for a 15/30...

when you series caps  the math is   1/( 1/cap value) +( 1/cap value) ....)

sooo...   1/  ( 48/.056)  is the answer ...


Scot D